Uri NachimsonUri J. Nachimson was born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1947, and two years later, his parents emigrated to Israel. As a young boy, he loved to write, photograph and paint, and in 1966 he was drafted into the Israeli army, where he served as a war photograher in the Northern Command. He participated in the six-day war as a photographer in combat, and his photographs were displayed at various exhibitions. His travels and adventures worldwide are recorded in the various books he has written that are, as of now, published. As an adventurer from birth, he wandered around in Prague as crowds demonstrated in front of Soviet tanks. His travels to Egypt are the inspiration for his book Seeds of Love. When in 1990 he went back to Poland to seek his roots, he was deeply affected by the attitude of the Poles towards the Jews both during and after World War II and decided to research the history of the Jews of Poland during that era. Thus the trilogy was born; Lilly's Album, The Polish Patriot and Identity. The book The Polish Patriot was translated and published in Italian and Polish. It featured this year at the International Book Fair in Turin, Italy. Uri's grandmother, Ida Friedberg, was the granddaughter of the Jewish writer A.S. Friedberg, editor of the Polish Jewish newspaper Hazefira, and the author of many books. As a teenager, Uri was greatly influenced by A.S. Friedberg's writings, where the author describes his imaginary journeys to different countries. Uri decided to experience for himself the adventures to be able to tell them in his books. In 2008, Uri decided to move to Tuscany in Italy, where he lives with his wife. He has two sons, a daughter, and is the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren. While in Cortona, he wrote: Seeds of Love, Two Margherita, Broken Hearts in Boulevard Unirii, The Polish Patriot, and Lilly's Album. All of his books have been translated into many languages. As long as I was busy raising the children and supporting my family, I could not do serious writing; however, since I settled in Cortona, I have dedicated a lot of time to creative writing. The words just flow by themselves.

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